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A Porsche Panamera New Energy vehicle caught fire while driving in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, according to several media reports. According to a video posted on the Internet, the seat of the Porsche Panamera new energy car suddenly smoked while driving, which eventually caused burning. fortunately, the people inside the car left in time without causing casualties.

According to online chat records, the burning vehicle was a hybrid version of Porsche Panamera, worth 1.86 million yuan. At that time, the driver was driving instead. When the owner smelled the smell of burning in the car, he quickly asked the driver to pull over to check and found that the bottom of the driver's seat was smoking and burning. The car, including the owner, the owner's friend and the substitute driver, quickly left the car, and then the car quickly burst into flames. Judging from the photos and videos at the scene, the fire of the vehicle was huge and accompanied by explosion after the fire, but it was quickly dealt with by fire control. The accident caused serious damage to the interior of the vehicle, and the interior decoration was beyond recognition and basically burned into an empty shell. The owner said that because the Porsche Panamera new energy car has only been open for half a year, they hope that the 4S store can compensate for the original price, and the vehicle has been towed back to the 4S store for further appraisal after the accident.

In response to this matter, Zhongxin Jingwei called Porsche China today, and the customer service said: "if the vehicle catches fire, it involves the personal privacy of the owner, and the non-owner cannot obtain the relevant information. You need to provide the frame number of the vehicle to inquire." As for the burning Panamera model whether there is a general defect, customer service responded, "if there is a defect, the relevant vehicle will issue recall information, if there is no recall information, the situation is accidental." In addition, Porsche China told the media: "the accident is under investigation and handling."

According to Porsche's Chinese website, the Panamera is a Porsche sedan with three power versions priced between Rmb99.8 and 2.476 million. According to the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of the Automobile Industry, the last recall of Porsche Panamera was on June 11, 2021. Porsche (China) Automobile sales Co., Ltd. in accordance with the requirements of the regulations on the recall of defective Automobile products and the measures for the implementation of the regulations on the recall of defective Automobile products, from July 5, 2021 Recall 2021 Panamera and Taycan series cars manufactured between February 2, 2021 and May 11, 2021, totaling 1571. The reason for the recall is that some vehicles within the scope of this recall may be installed with the lower right towing arm of the front axle that does not meet the forging requirements, and its durability is not guaranteed. In extreme cases, the lower right towing arm of the front axle may crack, which will affect the handling performance of the vehicle, thus increasing the risk of vehicle collision and safety risks. In response to this failure, Porsche (China) Automobile sales Co., Ltd. will replace the qualified right lower front axle drag arm for vehicles within the recall range free of charge to eliminate safety risks.

According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, from January to July this year, domestic new energy vehicle sales totaled 3.194 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 times, of which July sales were 593000, up 1.2 times year-on-year, with a market share of 24.5%. From the perspective of intuitive data, after entering 2022, the sales volume and market penetration of domestic new energy vehicles have improved, but while the new energy vehicle market continues to grow, the hidden dangers of new energy vehicles have also attracted attention. According to previous data released by the Ministry of Emergency Management, the number of new energy vehicle fires reached 640 in the first quarter of this year, up 32 percent from the same period last year, higher than the average increase in vehicle fires (8.8 percent), with an average of more than 7 fires per day.

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